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A Day Bird Hunting is better then a Day in the Office

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Charles, Charity and the dogs started opening day at the usual opening day spot, which is a half-mile wide, flat valley with a set of high dunes to the north, running east to west, and a set of shorter dunes to the south, also running east to west. Charles was assigned the higher northern dune set and Charity the southern set. This is the first year that they split up in 13 years of hunting together and will probably continue to hunt this way. Charity’s pace is about half that of Charles’s, so the ability to determine their own speeds was the first reason. The second reason is that running four dogs puts too much pressure on these skittish birds at once. So, Charity took the older females, Mae and Sue, and Charles worked four year old male, Sam, and eighteen month old female, BB.

There are various ways to pattern a dunefield when hunting grouse, but Charity selected a straight up an ambling criss-cross pattern for opening day, starting on the southern, low dunes walking west to east, then turning back, walking a bit higher going east to west, then back again in the high chop going west to east. It was in the high chop an hour after starting out that she flushed her first single sharptail just barely out of range, firing shots that didn’t connect. A few steps later, a group of four got up at seventy five yards, flying off of the highest dune in the southern set, disappearing out of view to who knows where. Despite being a bit ragged from each having a litter of pups this summer, Sue and Mae sprang into action once bird activity began. They covered the highest dune to check for stragglers with no success and the descent down the eastern slope began at a frantic pace. So frantic that both dogs and hunter marched right past the sharptail that cackled up behind Charity, so that she had to take the 200 degree shotgun swing for the double-barrel attempt. She saw it wobble and descend, sending the dogs after a retrieve. Sue happily retrieved the first grouse of the season for team Versatile Hunter and it was captured on her new head-mounted video camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBoTg3pINGk

Meanwhile, Charles was working the taller northern dunefield, also starting from the west and working his way east in a meandering zig-zag pattern, making sure that either he or the dogs were covering any possible grouse territory in the complex. As he ascended into the target area, a random group of doves flushed off of a high dune and he couldn’t help himself but to harvest one. Not long after he heard the reports of Charity’s missed shot and her success following shortly thereafter, he descended from a dune peak and looked down onto a small flat amongst the choppy hills. Three grouse busted at seventy-five yards, as if they sensed something, but not necessarily imminent danger as they merely popped up and over the next slope. As soon as he entered the marked zone of potential landing, one got up and he shot it at close range straight on, with BB nearby for a quick retrieve.

After Charity and the older females watched the cattle hustle off of the pond on the eastern end of the dunefield and head for the windmill a couple of miles to the northwest, they stopped for a water break before continuing their criss-cross pattern, back to the west on some of the lower dunes, then finally crossing back eastward on the flat right next to the dunes. Charity has taken prairie chickens out of there in years past, but there was nothing to be seen this year. Once she finishing fully covering her assigned area, she and the dogs crossed the valley to meet up with Charles to get the update of his one grouse and one dove in the bag, but he had more ground to cover and an idea where birds were in the high chop. Charity followed the low dunes towards the west and stopped again at a windmill for a break, noting the lack of doves at the spot.

Charles headed northwest from the windmill into an extension of the same northern dunefield that he had been working all morning. He marched his way to the extreme northwest corner and worked his way back and not soon after he reached the endpoint and began hiking back, the dogs got birdy and three grouse flushed within fifty yards, which is in range for Charles even with a twenty gauge. He took one out of that group and while BB was on retrieve, another flushed even closer. His shot merely clipped the wing and the bird began to run. Luckily, catching running wounded birds is one of Sam’s specialties, so while BB was delivering the first bird, Sam put the lockdown on the attempted escapee to round out Charles’s limit for the day.

The sun was arcing higher into the azure sky and getting uncomfortably warm to continue trekking. It was time to return to the truck, which Charity couldn’t see from the windmill but knew it was to the south. She wandered a bit off track, farther east into the valley than she needed to go, but eventually caught sight of the vehicle and made it back just in time to meet up there with Charles.

At first they had it in their mind to sit for doves, but after scoping their two best spots and seeing nothing, they opted to sit out doves this trip and wait until their return to the Missouri River Valley, where they are plentiful this year.

Charles shows off his opening day limit back in town, with BB and Sam, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons

Charity is back in town with her first sharptail grouse of the year, assisted by Sue and Mae, Wirehaired Pointing Griffons

Installing or Fixing Pipes

While most people will call on a professional plumber in order to go about installing their plumbing or drainage system, there are those people out there that will attempt to do it for themselves. While this is a fairly large task ahead of them, they get a supreme amount of satisfaction when they have seen their job all the way through.

Plumbing Pipe

If you are one of these types of people that enjoy the thrill of doing things like this on your own, then there are a few things you should know about before you get started. These little tips will help you to make your plumbing job a success.

The very first thing you will need to do is contact your local building authority to make sure that you have all the permits that they will require for you to get your job done. This may seem a bit odd to some people, but there are rules and regulations that you have to go through in order to be able to add a drainage system and some types of plumbing.

The building authority will probably need to see a complete plan set or blueprint of all the remodeling that you are going to be doing. Once they have had a chance to go through everything, and you get your permits, you will be free to jump in with both hands and start getting to work on your new project.

Once you get started on your new system, you will have to have it inspected from time to time as you progress. This will make it easier for you to make sure that everything you are doing is up to code and that you won’t be getting any fines for having an unsafe system.

Each area is different so make sure you have everything you need taken care of ahead of time. Another good reason to have your system inspected as you are working on it is that if you do mess up, you won’t have to tear a bunch of things apart to fix it. The inspector will catch it before you are done and you can fix it right away without too much hassle on your part.

Now that you have all of your paperwork and inspections taken care of, it’s time to get all your supplies and materials that you are going to be needing in order and laid out, so that you can see how it’s all going to fit together.Call your local experts

San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyer

Choosing the right personal injury lawyer can be quite a daunting task especially if one does not have an idea of the lawyer that they have to contact. It is very essential for one to get the right lawyer in Texas who will get to handle their case so that they can be able to get the right compensation.

If you have sustained some injuries through some else’s negligence it is advisable for one not to rely on the insurance lawyers and the company to compensate you. What you need is a Texas personal injury lawyer to represent you for efficiency and unlike the insurance companies whose main goal is to make the pay out as low as possible, the personal injury lawyers from Texas ensure you get a high amount as possible. But before one can go about choosing them, there are certain things that one has to consider of look for.

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One has to consider the duration that the personal injury lawyer will take to enter your suit in the courts. This is because statutes of limitation do vary to time and length. Cases involving personal injuries can be quite lengthy and hard to deal with and requires lots of research and expert testimony especially on the medical questions. One is to find a lawyer who will get the process started right away to avoid being disqualified when the stature of limitation expires.

One can get to ask around for the best personal injury lawyer form their friends and other parties. One can also get to call the Texas bar association and get all the information that they need about their case and even get recommendation on the lawyers to hire. This will ensure that one is able to compare the various law firms that are available and make a wise choice on the right lawyer to present them.

Choosing the lawyer

After one has come to a decision on the lawyer firms that he wants to hire and they can start getting in touch with them. Get to call up the lawyers and get to access how they treat you. Their degree of helpfulness and courtesy matters as one does not want a lawyer who is just interested in your money. Get to ask lots of question about your case that will help you to decide which personal injury lawyer is well conversant of your case.

Look at the fees they charge

Find out the lawyer’s fee that the lawyers charge. One does not want to hire an expensive law firm whereas there are other personal injury lawyers that one can contact for the same service at a less fee. Get to find out whether they offer “no recovery and no costs”. This is to mean that one has to get a lawyer who is ready to cover the costs of investigations and negotiations that are involved. Some also cater for the costs of the trial and they can keep the amount that you agreed upon once you get a settlement.
Contact your legal experts

The radio ad that got nominated for the Best Radio Ad of the year award is not just an ad, it is a total delight. Radio Mercury Awards announced the winners of 2017 celebrating the newness in the millennial culture of present times. Radio channels went that extra mile to release some of the best radio shows and ads. We couldn’t do anything but appreciate the great work. Though most jobs were excellent, the best one deserved an award. The show was organized in the beautiful city of New York. The best campaign award went to The Richard’s group work for Motel 6.

It was one of the longest running radio campaigns that featured the musings of Tom Bodett. Motel 6 is one campaign that has bagged the highest prize money many times and also the best show award many times since 1992. You ought to listen to the track at least once, and we are sure you will be delighted by it. It is a $50,000 prize money winner for making the best show. The title says “2017 Motel 6 Radio Campaign”. It is made by The Richard’s Group – one of the leading marketing agencies that have world-class talents.

Motel 6’s excellent features were described in the ad in the most innovative way. In one of the ads, they made fun of man bun, saying that people could save money on their budget rooms and give themselves a haircut. It is not just the jokes made on various things; it is the way Tom has done the musing on the radio. Any person listening to it cannot stop but listen to the full advertisement instead of switching channels. The fun in the voice and the concept of promoting Motel 6’s various features in a unique way is nothing but simply fantastic.

The Product spot winners won $5000 Prize money that was again from the same agency The Richards Group. It was for the same client, Motel 6 that had few incredible production features. The ad campaign created a fresh buzz in the market by conveying the uniqueness of the brand. In the most relevant yet funny way, the ad has explained about Motel 6 and its salient features. These have proven that radio ads are no less creative than TV ads. Even a mesmerizing voice and intellectual wit can win the attention of people.

Another agency to be declared as the production spot winner is Havas New York. The ad was titled Adios Amigo for the brand Heineken. They won $1500 for their fantastic performance throughout the campaign. Other famous agencies like Commonwealth//McCann also earned the spot for production.

Ogilvy and Mather group HK won the International Radio or Audio Showcase Winner for the ad titled Gourmet Meals for the company ProDiet. Radio companies and agencies that make the ads for the radio channels are climbing up heights in their own way to create a different platform for creative minds. We wish to see many more clever ads on our favorite radio channel to entertain us throughout our journey.

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